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Hello, I’ve got some really dumb questions, but knowing the overall non-judgmental attitude of members I’m revealing my total ignorance of electric guitar controls.
My wife got me a Fender Stratocaster years ago. I thanked her profusely and then hung it on the wall for years until I became an AM member (I thought geez I’m struggling with acoustic, I’ll never be able to do electric). Brian’s lessons have inspired me to dust it off, take it down and start getting into the Blues Lead Course as well as the lessons (LEG007, EP022, EP158 & EP184 are great ones).
So here’s my dumb questions, maybe a helpful AM member could either explain this or refer me to a good Youtube video:
My Strat has 5 pickups – 2 grouped together near the bridge and 2 further up towards the neck.
There’s 2 tone knobs and 1 volume knob. So I can figure out the volume knob (since there’s only 1) but what is the relationship of the 2 tone knobs to the pickups (or are they related?)? My last dumb question: please explain the switch – it seems like it has 5 positions- could someone explain this to me?Thanks in advance for any sympathetic souls who’ve read this all the way to the end.
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